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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
McMinns Lagoon is a well-established middle-ring suburb of Darwin, Australia, with a population of approximately 687, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 26 km from the Darwin CBD, McMinns Lagoon is a middle ring area in Northern Territory. The median household income is $130,832 per year.
Strong household incomes in McMinns Lagoon underpin solid property demand.
Official Australia Post postcode for McMinns Lagoon. A postcode may cover multiple suburbs.
Australia Post Postcode Finder →Usual resident population at the most recent census.
Weekly median rent for occupied homes. Live rental data integration coming soon.
Annual median household income (before tax) across all households.
Straight-line distance from the suburb centroid to the nearest capital city CBD. Actual driving distance will be longer.
Estimated 1 school within or near this suburb.
Find schools near McMinns Lagoon on My School →Estimated 1 park and green spaces near this suburb.
Monthly median mortgage repayment for households currently paying off a mortgage.
Proportion of separate houses versus units, townhouses, and other home types. Useful for investors assessing rental demand mix.
McMinns Lagoon is a smaller community of 687 — about 22% of the Northern Territory suburb median (3,057) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. Median household income of $130,832/year runs 15% above the Northern Territory suburb median of $113,308, indicating strong purchasing power and the type of demographic profile that tends to sustain premium property prices through market cycles. Median rent of $400/week (~$1,733/month) covers only 64% of the median mortgage of $2,708/month — the remaining $975/month must be funded from other income, so this suburb tilts toward capital growth rather than yield. At 26 km from Darwin, McMinns Lagoon is an outer-metro location where buyers are typically trading commute time for floor space and a lower entry price. Separate houses make up 87% of dwellings — 19 percentage points above the Northern Territory median of 68% — pointing to a family-oriented, land-rich market where value is concentrated in the underlying block.
How McMinns Lagoon stacks up against the median of all Northern Territory suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean McMinns Lagoon sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | McMinns Lagoon | NT median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 687 | 3,057 | -78% |
| Median household income | $130,832/yr | $113,308/yr | +15% |
| Median rent (weekly) | $400 | $360 | +11% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $2,708 | $1,950 | +39% |
| Distance to CBD | 26 km | 15 km | +73% |
| Separate houses | 87% | 68% | +19pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for McMinns Lagoon — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 687 means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider Northern Territory market over full cycles.
Weak cash flow: $400/week rent covers only 64% of the $2,708/month median mortgage — a $975/month gap that must be funded from other income. This suburb is a capital-growth play, not a yield play.
With 87% houses in a 687-person market, renovation margins depend on individual street and aspect rather than any suburb-wide story — do comparable-sales analysis before committing capital.
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Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for McMinns Lagoon are modest for 2026 — incomes 15% above the NT median of $113,308 and a population of 687 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental coverage runs at ~64% of the typical mortgage ($1,733/month rent vs $2,708/month repayment), leaving a manageable top-up for most investors. The EquitySight investment score of 69/100 places McMinns Lagoon in the upper-middle tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is balanced heading into the second half of 2026.
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McMinns Lagoon scores 69/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a good rating. That score is driven by a population of 687, median household income of $130,832/year and median weekly rent of $400. Whether it fits your portfolio depends on whether you are targeting cash flow, capital growth, or a value-add renovation — all three are scored with suburb-specific numbers elsewhere on this page.
The main demand drivers in McMinns Lagoon are an above-state-median household income of $130,832/year, a dwelling mix that is 87% separate houses, roughly 1 schools and 1 parks within the catchment. Together these shape both owner-occupier and tenant demand and are the factors we weight most heavily in the suburb's investment score.
McMinns Lagoon has a usual resident population of approximately 687, compared with a Northern Territory suburb median of 3,057 — placing it in the lower half of the state's suburbs by size. Population is the clearest proxy for market depth: more residents mean more transactions and typically a shorter average days-on-market on resale.
McMinns Lagoon sits 26 km straight-line from the Darwin CBD. This is an outer-metro location; local employment and infrastructure announcements tend to move prices more than CBD connectivity alone.
The most recent census recorded a median weekly rent of $400 in McMinns Lagoon, equating to approximately $20,800/year in gross rental income (state median $360/week). Market rents have typically drifted above the recorded figure — verify against current listings on realestate.com.au and Domain before making an offer.
The median monthly mortgage repayment in McMinns Lagoon is $2,708, or approximately $32,496/year (vs $1,950/month state median). Stress-test your own borrowing at rates 1–2 percentage points above today's to make sure you can still service the loan through an RBA tightening cycle.
A median weekly rent of $400 works out to $1,733/month, covering 64% of the median mortgage repayment of $2,708/month. That leaves a $975/month shortfall (around $11,700/year before tax benefits), so a typical owner-occupier-priced property here is negatively geared. Actual cash flow depends on your deposit, loan terms, ownership costs and marginal tax rate — run the full numbers in our rental yield calculator.
The main risks are a thin buyer pool (687 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $2,708 median mortgage, the broader Northern Territory market cycle. Each of these is covered in the Risk Factors section above with suburb-specific numbers rather than generic warnings.
Every number on this page comes from the ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Australia Post postcode reference data, and OpenStreetMap amenity tiles. The investment score, strategy verdicts, and comparison table are computed deterministically from those inputs — no opinion, no estimation. See our full methodology and the data sources and licences for the formulas we use.